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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230613
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SUMMARY:2023 Meteorology and Market Design for Grid Services Workshop
DESCRIPTION:All of the presentations from our 2023 Meteorology & Market Design for Grid Services Workshop held in Denver\, Colorado can be downloaded below. \nWorkshop Session Recordings: Click here to view the workshop session playlist on our YouTube channel. \n\n  \nIntroduction/Opening Comments \nWorkshop Introduction\nCharlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nSession 1: Ancillary Services Markets and Ramping Products for Renewable Energy \nSession Chair: Emma Nicholson\, Senior Economist\, FERC \nCAISO Day-ahead Market Enhancements and Ramp Products\nJames Friedrich\, Lead Policy Developer\, CAISO \nMISO Short Term Reserve and Ramping Products\nJason Howard\, Director\, Operations Risk Management\, MISO \nEvolution and Value of the ERCOT Operating Reserve Demand Curve\nRyan King\, Manager\, Market Design\, ERCOT \nFlexibility and Ramping in a Vertically Integrated Market Structure\nKeith Parks\, Senior Trading Analyst\, Xcel Energy \nFlexibility Products and ORDC: Are They Really That Different?\nRyan Schoppe\, Senior Technical Leader\, EPRI \nSession 2: DER Forecasting for Operations \nSession Chair: Andrew Akman\, Senior Data Scientist\, AEMO (Australia) \nForecasting of DERs for Distribution Operations\nDavid Larson\, Technical Leader\, Grid Ops & Planning\, EPRI \nForecasting of DERs for Bulk System Operations\nJared Lee\, Project Scientist II\, National Center for Atmospheric Research \nForecasting and Operation of DERs under Different T/D Coordination Frameworks\nAli Golriz\, Lead\, System & Sector Development\, Innovation and R&D\, IESO (Canada) \nForecasting for Renewable Energy and Grid Analysis for Congestion Management\nLars Rohwer\, energy and meteo systems (Germany) \nSession 3: Aligning Retail Rates and Grid Needs for Flexibility and Balancing Considerations \nSession Chair: Obadiah Bartholomy\, Manager\, Distributed Energy Strategy\, SMUD \nRegulatory Perspective – A Key Piece of the Puzzle\nEric Blank\, Chairman\, Colorado Public Utilities Commission \nDemand Response Programs in Action\nBryan Hannegan\, President & CEO\, Holy Cross Energy \nExtracting Flexibility from Price-Sensitive Loads Through Bid-in Demand\nRichard O’Neill\, Distinguished Senior Fellow\, ARPA-E \nOrchestrating Customer Programs and Rates for a Customer-centric Path to Clean Energy\nTom Hines\, Consultant\, Arizona Public Service \nSession 4: Progress in the Use of Probabilistic Forecasts: A Panel Discussion \nSession Chair: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nEach panelist gave a 5-minute overview on one probabilistic forecasting application being used or planned in their company. The panel was grouped according to application areas\, such as Short Term Reserve\, Flex Ramp Requirements\, Imbalance Reserve Requirements\, RUC Uncertainty Requirements\, system pre-positioning\, etc. with group discussion following each set of presentations. \nUsage of Probabilistic Wind and Solar Forecasts At ERCOT\nNitika Mago\, Manager\, Balancing Operations Planning\, ERCOT \nCapturing Net Load Uncertainty – RUC Uncertainty and Imbalance Reserve Requirements\nAmber Motley\, Senior Manager\, Short Term Forecasting\, CAISO \nJon Black\, Manager of Load Forecasting\, ISO-NE \nEmbracing Uncertainty in Operational Forecasting\nAndrew Akman\, Senior Data Scientist\, AEMO (Australia) \nOperations Risk Assessment and Uncertainty Management\nJason Howard\, Director Operations Risk Management\, MISO \nUsing Probabilistic Wind Forecasts for Long-Lead Thermal Unit Dispatch\nAnneliese Alexander\, Senior Meteorologist\, Xcel Energy \nIESO Presentation\nFaraz Majid\, Planner/Data Engineering\, IESO (Canada) \nJoseph Mulhern\, Lead Engineer\, Markets Coordination\, PJM \nSession 5: Market Design for 100% Renewable Markets \nSession Chair: Bethany Frew\, Group Manager\, Capacity Expansion & Electricity Markets Group\, NREL \nThe Value of Marginal Cost Pricing in a High Renewables and Storage World\nEmma Nicholson\, Senior Economist\, FERC \nKey Research Challenges Related to Evolving Electricity Markets\nTodd Levin\, Electricity Markets Team Lead\, Argonne National Laboratory \nControllable Loads for Ancillary Services: Green Hydrogen and Beyond\nAndrew Reimers\, Director of R&D and Regulatory Affairs\, Lancium \nStorage is to Temporal Prices as Transmission is to Locational Prices\nErik Ela\, Principal\, EPRI \nSession 6: State of the Art and Outlook for Renewable Energy Forecasting \nSession Chair: Sue Ellen Haupt\, Deputy Director\, Research Applications Laboratory\, NCAR \nWinter Storm Elliot – Lessons Learned\nCraig Collier\, Chief Meteorologist\, Head of Operations\, Energy Forecasting Solutions \nHRRR Model Update and Next Steps\nDave Turner\, Senior Scientist\, NOAA’s Global Systems Laboratory \nEvaluating the Ability of Met Models to Characterize Daily Cycles in Wind Generation\nDev Millstein\, Research Scientist\, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory \nForecasting for Hydro Power in an Increasingly Climate Stressed Environment\nDaniel Palmer\, Business Development & Partnerships\, Upstream Tech \nSession 7: Electricity Market Performance Under Extreme Events \nSession Chair: Erik Ela\, Principal\, EPRI \nAn Assessment of Market Reform Options in ERCOT including the new Performance Credit Mechanism (PCM) Rule Review\nZach Ming\, Director\, Energy & Environmental Economics (E3) \nPJM Performance Assessment Interval Penalty Assessments under Winter Storm Elliott\nPaul Sotkiewicz\, President\, E-Cubed Policy Associates \nPerformance of Batteries in CAISO During the 2022 Heat Wave\nGuillermo Alderete\, Director\, Market Analysis and Forecasting\, CAISO \nSession 8: Data Sets for Future System Planning and Extreme Weather Events \nSession Chair: Bri-Mathias Hodge\, Chief Scientist\, NREL \nIncorporating Uncertainty into the Use of Climate Data to Inform Planning Studies\nRobin Kaiser\, Network Development Engineer\, Amprion GmbH (Germany) \nDevelopment of Correlated Wind\, Solar and Load Forecasts for Power System Planning\nIan Schomer\, Data Team Lead\, Newton Energy Group \nNeed for Better Datasets for Resource Adequacy Planning\nElaine Hart\, Founding Principal\, Moment Energy Insights \nNeed for a National Power System Planning Weather Database\nJustin Sharp\, Principal & Owner\, Sharply Focused \nSession 9: Incorporating Risk into Power Systems and Markets (work from ARPA-e PERFORM) \nSession Chair: Richard O’Neill\, Distinguished Senior Fellow\, ARPA-E \nProbabilistic Forecasting of Extreme Market Events\nAlex Rudkevich\, President & Founder\, Newton Energy Group \nRisk-Aware Power System Control\, Dispatch and Market Incentives\nDan Bienstock\, Professor\, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research\, Columbia University \nGrid that’s Risk-Aware for Clean Electricity – GRACE\nDimitris Floros\, Postdoctoral Associate\, Duke University \nAn Integrated Paradigm for the Management of Delivery Risk in Electricity Markets: From Batteries to Insurance and Beyond\nMichael Blonsky\, Research Engineer\, NREL \n 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2023-meteorology-and-market-design-for-grid-services-workshop/
LOCATION:Embassy Suites Denver – Downtown Convention Center\, 1420 Stout St.\, Denver\, CO\, 80202
CATEGORIES:ESIG Workshops
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SUMMARY:2023 Long-term Load Forecasting Workshop
DESCRIPTION:All of the presentations from our 2023 Long-term Load Forecasting Workshop held in Denver\, Colorado can be downloaded below. \nDownload Workshop Summary \n\nWorkshop Session Recordings: Click here for the workshop session playlist. \n\n  \nIntroduction & Keynote Comments \nWorkshop Introduction\nDebra Lew\, Associate Director\, ESIG \nKeynote: The Grid We Need to Decarbonize America\nJesse Jenkins\, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment\, Princeton University \nIntroduction to Load Forecasting\nJon Black\, Manager of Load Forecasting\, ISO-NE \nSession 1: Weather and Climate \nChair: Justin Sharp\, Principal & Owner\, Sharply Focused LLC \nRTE’s Approach to Forward-looking Weather Data\nLaurent Dubus\, Senior Scientist\, RTE (France) \nEPRI’s Climate READi Approach to Forward-looking Weather Datasets\nErik Smith\, Climate Resilience Analyst\, EPRI \nSuper-Resolution for Renewable Energy Resource data with Climate Change Impacts using Generative Machine Learning\nGrant Buster\, Data Scientist\, NREL \nVCE’s Approach to Forward-looking Forecasting of Load and Renewable Generation\nChris Clack\, Vice President\, Integrated Energy Systems Planning\, Pattern Energy Group \nSession 2: Transportation Electrification \nSession Introduction\nChair: Sean Morash\, Principal\, Telos Energy \nDistribution Planning for EV Fleets\nJeremiah Deboever\, Technical Leader\, EPRI \nAn Open Source Tool for Agent-based Model of Forecasted Electric Vehicle Growth\nTimothy Pennington\, Sr. Research Engineer\, Idaho National Laboratory \nIncorporating Transportation Data into System Planning\nGerhard Walker\, Manager – Advanced Forecasting and Modelling\, Eversource \nBottom-Up Load Forecasting and System-Level Electrification Impacts\nTroy Hodges\, Manager\, Data Science\, Kevala \nSession 3: Flexibility in Future Load \nChair: Steven Dahlke\, Energy Economist\, EPRI \nFlexibility Needs Identified in Clean Energy Studies\nDerek Stenclik\, Founding Partner\, Telos Energy \nAPS Experience With Customer Response to Programs and Pricing\nTom Hines\, Consultant\, APS \nERCOT Experience With Flexibility in Large Loads\nAgee Springer\, Large Flexible Load Interconnection Manager\, ERCOT \nThe Value of Flexible Loads With Increasing Electrification\nCaitlin Murphy\, Group Manager\, NREL \nSession 4: Industrial Loads and Hydrogen \nChair: James Okullo\, Director of System Planning\, ESIG \nFuture Growth and Flexibility from Datacenters\nCarsten Baumann\, Director Strategic Initiatives & Solution Architect\, Schneider Electric \nHow the Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit Will Affect Electrolyzer Growth and Flexibility\nDan Esposito\, Senior Policy Analyst\, Energy Innovation \nIntegrating Large Flexible Loads while Maintaining Grid Reliability\nAgee Springer\, Large Flexible Load Interconnection Manager\, ERCOT \nHeat Batteries for Industrial Electrification\nPatrick Leslie\, Director of Energy Markets\, Rondo \nSession 5: Building Electrification \nSession Introduction\nChair: Jeff Deason\, Program Manager\, LBNL \nBuilding Electrification and Flexibility of Building Loads\nRyan Jones\, Co-founder\, Evolved Energy Research \nISO-NE Forecasts of Building Electrification\nJon Black\, Manager of Load Forecasting\, ISO-NE \nNYISO Forecasts of Building Electrification\nArthur Maniaci\, Principal Forecaster\, Demand Forecasting & Analysis\, NYISO \nSession 6: Distributed Solar and Storage \nChair: Priya Sreedharan\, Program Director\, GridLab \nNREL’s DGEN Approach to Forecasting Solar and Storage\nParitosh Das\, Energy Systems AnalystEngineer\, NREL \nLocational DER Adoption and Load Forecasting\nFred Schaefer\, Principal\, Cadeo \nBehind-the-meter PV and Storage Adoption\nBrittany Farrell\, Energy Systems Researcher\, Clean Power Research \nSession 7: Distribution Planning \nChair: Jeff Smith\, Director\, Grid Operations & Planning\, EPRI \nAdvanced DER Forecast & Planning – An Evolving Discipline\nDarrin Kinney\, SVP – Head of Business Development\, Integral Analytics \nPremise-Level Load and DER Forecasts\nJulieta Giraldez\, Director\, Grid Planning\, Kevala \nIntegrating Top-level Corporate Forecasts with Distribution System Forecasts\nAndy Sukenik\, Principal Forecast Consultant\, Itron \nDistribution Planning with a Feeder-Level Forecast\nRyan Hinkley\, Lead Engineer\, Distribution Planning and Asset Management – NY\, National Grid \nSession 8: Bringing it All Together \nChair: Elaine Hale\, Senior Research Engineer\, NREL \nRTE’s Long-term Load Forecasting for System Planning\nLaurent DuBus\, Senior Scientist\, RTE (France) \nForecasts for National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios\nSagar Depala\, Energy Manager\, National Grid ESO \nMISO’s Electrification Futures\nAnupam Thatte\, Senior Engineer\, Research & Development\, MISO \nSCE’s Forecasting for Distribution Planning\nMark Esguerra\, Director\, Distribution System Planning and Strategy\, Southern California Edison \nIntegrating Bottom-up Load Forecasts Into Planning Tools\nRyan Jones\, Co-founder\, Evolved Energy Research \nWorking Together to Improve Future Utility Load Forecasts\nAndy Sukenik\, Principal Forecast Consultant\, Itron \n 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2023-long-term-load-forecasting-workshop/
LOCATION:Embassy Suites Denver – Downtown Convention Center\, 1420 Stout St.\, Denver\, CO\, 80202
CATEGORIES:ESIG Workshops
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